Suricate - pbem LA newbie game - (Running)

Networkingguru · #1 December 26th, 2007, 03:13 AM

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Tharsonius said:

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Networkingguru said:
Unfortunately, I was not able to research thunder strike before I began my land conquest, so my best offensive spell was lightning bolt.

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The jab was not required. We are all newbies here, and hindsight is always 20/20. I focussed initial research on Wind Guide, which I DID get, and used to good effect. Had R'lyeh chosen to expand in say, Pangea's realm first, I'd still be in this game, and have Thunder Strike well before the need to attack R'lyeh came about. As it happened, my expansion was blocked on the north and east by nations I had NAP's with, and so my only expansion option was to hit R'lyeh (which was going to happen anyhow, sooner or later).

Your smart-@$$ed comment was definitely not appreciated. Luck DOES play into this game, and I don't think I made any seriously bad moves. I was simply over matched by a Uber-nation well before I had opportunity to research the spells I needed to defang them.

Tharsonius · #2 December 26th, 2007, 11:16 AM

That wasn't my point.
I had no intention to attack you, I only took 3 indi provinces (near my capital) and my pretender was already back in my capital when you attacked me.
But all your posts sound like I'm the bad aggressor.

You attacked with a small force while not ready with your research and got beaten. Thats all, no "Uber-nation" or something like that.

Kadelake · #3 December 27th, 2007, 09:35 AM

Utg�rd declares war on R'lyeh. The madness shall be pushed back into the sea

Torin · #4 December 27th, 2007, 09:54 AM

Networkingguru · #5 December 27th, 2007, 02:43 PM

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Tharsonius said:
That wasn't my point.
I had no intention to attack you, I only took 3 indi provinces (near my capital) and my pretender was already back in my capital when you attacked me.
But all your posts sound like I'm the bad aggressor.

You attacked with a small force while not ready with your research and got beaten. Thats all, no "Uber-nation" or something like that.

You attack me (and everyone else) with your domain, and your expansion that close to my capital really left me no choice. Besides, with R'lyeh, the longer I wait, the worse it ends up for me. Say whatever you want, R'lyeh IS an Uber-nation, and my only option was to attack while you were small enough that there was at least a snowball's chance of making an advance.

Oh, and that "Small force" consisted of pretty much everything I was able to produce from turn 1. I didn't lose much to anything else. That many mages is only considered small at that point in the game when you are going against R'lyeh or Ermor.

Kadelake · #6 December 29th, 2007, 07:07 PM

Does anyone have any spare air or astral gems? I'm willing to sell water, earth, death and nature gems.

llamabeast · #7 December 29th, 2007, 07:20 PM

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(I presume Torin is correcting Kadelake's "shall".) Really? I always thought either were okay but had subtly different meanings, the subtlety being one I'm not sure of.

Torin · #8 December 29th, 2007, 08:44 PM

That�s right, shall is for us or I only.
will can be used in any.

vfb · #9 December 29th, 2007, 09:11 PM

Huh? Never heard that. Sorry to go OT in a thread for a game I'm not even in. But what about the meek? You know, "blessed are the cheesemakers, and the meek shall inherit the earth," and all that sort of stuff. (Well, obviously in dominions the meek are just going to inherit the pointy end of a sword, but I couldn't think of a better example.)

Aapeli · #10 January 7th, 2008, 04:20 PM

A declaration from Ulm:

We hereby declare that we are to break our non aggression pact with Rlyeh and join war against the increasing number of madness. After three turns (turn number 37) we shall launch our attacks against the insane.

It is regrettable that we should break such a long lasted and fruitful peace but I guess the God of Ulm has finally realized the danger just next door.